US cop shoots journalist after confusing camera with gun

‘A newspaper photojournalist has been shot by a police officer in the US state of Ohio after the cop mistook the reporter’s camera and tripod for a rifle.
The incident occurred in the town of New Carlisle, where Andy Grimm, a photojournalist from a local newspaper, unloaded his tripod from his car to take photos of a traffic stop and lightning, according to a report by the New York Daily News on Tuesday.
The paper said that Clark County deputy Jake Shaw shot the journalist without warning, but rushed over to help as soon as he realized the mistake.
he media outlet added that Grimm was injured in the chest and subsequently transferred to a hospital.
“I was going out to take pictures and I saw the traffic stop and I thought, ‘hey, cool. I’ll get some pictures here’,” Grimm told the New Carlisle News. “I turned around toward the cars and then ‘pop, pop.’”’
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